The Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) have the honour to invite all MCF States Affiliates and MCF Invited players to participate in The Malaysian Championships (NCC2016) to be organized in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah from 16th March 2016 to 20th March 2016.

MCF State Affiliate shall have the right to send2 Men and 2 Women who fulfill minimum rating regulations as State Official Players.

FILL UP REGISTRATION FORM (A)

4.1.2 QUALIFICATION UNDER WILD (STATE EXTRA PLAYER)

MCF State Affiliate shall have the CARD PLAYERS right to send 4 Men and 4 Women who don’t need to fulfill minimum rating regulations as Wild Card Players. The Wild Card Players shall be treated as Extra State Participants

FILL UP REGISTRATION FORM (B)

4.1.3 STATE EXTRA PLAYERS

No limits on number of entries as long as able to fulfill rating regulation stated in the tournament guideline

2. Buchholz score;

3. Sonneborn-Berger score;

4. Progressive score aka FIDE tie-break;

6. Number of Wins with the Black pieces.

A Registration fee shall be imposed for each and every participant submitted to the Organizing Committee as a participation and registration fee. Both event shall be FIDE-Rated and National Rated.

MCF Invited Player Entry RM 50

Official State Entry RM 50

Extra State Entry RM150

Wild Card State Entry RM150

Direct Entry RM 250

9. REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

9.1 The Organizing Committee shall only accept submissions by MCF States Affiliates for entries of State Official Players, State Wild Card Entries and State Extra Players.

9.2 MCF States Affiliates must complete the Official registration form (A), (B) and (C) with a scanned copy of payment made and returned to the Organizing Committee not later than 1st March 2016.

Any other forms will not be accepted. Kindly ensure bank-in slip to be retained for proof of payment and confirmation.

9.3 MCF Invited Players can send their registration directly to to the Organizing Committee.

by completing the Official registration form (D) with a scanned copy of payment made and returned to the Organizing Committee not later than 1st March 2016.

9.4 All other entries without any States endorsement shall be considered as Direct Entries.

Direct Entries can send their registration directly to the Organizing Committee by completing the Official registration form (E) with a scanned copy of payment made and returned to the Organizing Committee not later than 1st March 2016.

9.5 The deadline for registration is 1st March 2016. After this dateline, a penalty of RM100 for each late registration will be charged to participants till 8th March 2016 latest. After this dateline, the Organizing Committee reserved the right to refuse or decline any late registrations.

10. MODE OF PAYMENT

All payment of Registration fees to be Bank-In into;

SCA Bank Account: SABAH CHESS ASSOCIATION

MAYBank Berhad, (KKIA branch) Current A/C No: 560250114421

11. VENUE

The playing venue: Dewan University College Sabah Foundation, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

IMPORTANT NOTE;

Participants who have not been confirmed participation by their respective States and be present during the Players Meeting on 16th March 2016 at 08:00 shall not be paired for the first round.